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30 multiple – choice question on

British study
1. How long do most university students in England take to graduate?
A. three years
B. four years
C. five years

2. Most British children between the ages of five and eleven go to... schools.
A. junior
B. prep
C. primary

3. What percentage of children in Britain go to public schools ?


A. more than 90%
B. about 50%
C. less than 10%

4. At which of these places could you not study for A-levels ?


A. further education college
B. sixth form college
C. grade school

5. What is the typical number of subjects studied at school by students in their


second year of A-levels ?
A. one
B. three
C. five

6. Which of these schools is the odd one out ( different from the others ) ?
A. Eton
B. Harrow
C. Summerhill

7. Most British children between the ages of eleven and sixteen go to... schools.
A. comprehensive
B. grammar
C. technical

8. What proportion of 20-year-olds in Britain study at university?


A. more than 65%
B. about 35%
C. less than 15%

9. What percentage of children in Britain go to independent schools?


A. more than 90%
B. about 50%
C. less than 10%

10. What percentage of children in Britain go to public schools?


A. more than 90%
B. about 50%
C. less than 10%

11. What kind of qualification does a student who completes a course of


undergraduate university study in Physics normally get?
A. Cert. Phys
B. DipSc
C. BSc

12. What is the age at which a student can leave the school ?
A. 11
B. 16
C. 14

13. Compared to the European average, how long is the school year in Britain?
A. long
B. short
C. about average

14. What is the word used to describe the act of submitting written work as your
own when in reality is was written by someone else?
A. impersonation
B. plagiarism
C. revisionism

15. What proportion of 17-year-olds in England study a foreign language?


A. more than 90%
B. about 50%
C. less than 10%

16. What kind of secondary school is a Comprehensive school in the UK?


A. only for the best students
B. one that teaches characters only
C. For all students

17. In the UK SAT – Standard Assessment Test is …


A. the preliminary exam which students take to get into university
B. the exam which children take in primary school
C. the exam which does not exist

18. What are the 3 Rs skills that the Brits feel uncertain about present education?
A. Reading, writing, history
B. Reading, writing, arithmetic
C. Geography, chemistry, grammar

19. The development which allows people to study for a degree through distance
education is …
A. the open university
B. the home university
C. the distance university

20. "Sixthformers" refers to those who…


A. have studied only 6 grades
B. are studying beyond the age of sixteen
C. are studying for the first degree at university
21. When are English children allowed to drop foreign languages completely form
their studies?
A. after grade 9
B. after being a university graduate
C. after grade 6

22. Which part of the UK has its own single examining board?
A. England
B. Scotland
C. Wales

23. Since 1970s most 11-years-old have gone all to the same local school, known
as …
A. Grammar
B. Comprehensive
C. Public

24. At what age do the English have free compulsory education?


A. 4-16
B. 5-16
C. 5-18

25. What does public school mean in England?


A. students don't wear uniform
B. the school without tuition fee
C. very expensive secondary school

26. How many years do pupils in Scotland learn at primary school?


A. 5
B. 7
C. 4

27. Which school in the UK you don't have to pay to go to?


A. boarding
B. public
C. state

28. Where should you look to research your degree and university?
A. UCAS
B. news on TV
C. USAC

29. Which certificate can be used in order to gain entry at university in England?
A. International Baccalaureate
B. Cambridge Pre-U
C. all of them

30. Primary school in England is for children between the age of...
A. 4-12
B. 5- 11
C. 5-13

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